What the materials cover

These presentation materials provide an overview of the fundamentals of plastic packaging films, with a focus on food packaging. They cover the most important plastics used for films, the common film classes and their typical properties, and the film production processes. A further section explains how film properties are described using test methods. Applications, machinery and the basics of film processing are illustrated with practical examples from packaging. The materials suit newcomers and experienced staff from production, development, packaging technology, quality assurance, purchasing, sales and marketing who want to refresh or broaden their basic knowledge.